Brainstorming Ideas: Reduce the rate of Cost for the Input Used to Produce the Output

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<table border='1' cellpadding='2'><tr><td>No.</td><td>Industry SIC</td><td>Year</td><td>Notes</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>9700</td><td>2007</td><td>While the Department of Defense has expressed interest in increasing fuel efficiency and reducing costs, it is unclear how much oil the military actually uses. This makes it difficult to see the effects of energy saving initiatives. </td></tr>

<table border='1' cellpadding='2'><tr><td>No.</td><td>Industry SIC</td><td>Year</td><td>Notes</td></tr>

<table border='1' cellpadding='2'><tr><td>No.</td><td>Industry SIC</td><td>Year</td><td>Notes</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>9700</td><td>2007</td><td>While the Department of Defense has expressed interest in increasing fuel efficiency and reducing costs, it is unclear how much oil the military actually uses. This makes it difficult to see the effects of energy saving initiatives. </td></tr>

1

9700

2007

While the Department of Defense has expressed interest in increasing fuel efficiency and reducing costs, it is unclear how much oil the military actually uses. This makes it difficult to see the effects of energy saving initiatives.

2

5331

2004

Wal-Mart is easing up its iron grip. Not only is it lessening the pressure on its suppliers, it also appears to be less fixated on slashing its own retail prices for everything from blue jeans to DVDs. So should rivals and suppliers breathe a sigh of reli

3

3714

2005

US suppliers have shed about 179,000 jobs since 1999. Some of those jobs were lost to better productivity, but some were lost because relentless cost-cutting pressure from the big US auto makers has forced suppliers to move operations overseas. "They're s